Notice to Readers Revision of HIV Classification Codes
CDC has updated the International Classification of Diseases,
9th
Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) codes for human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection for use with United States
morbidity and mortality data. The revised coding scheme is
effective
January 1, 1988. This scheme will allow public health officials,
clinical researchers, and agencies that finance medical care to
accurately monitor HIV diagnoses on death certificates and medical
records. The codes appear in the MMWR supplement dated December 25,
1987, and entitled "Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection
Codes, Official Authorized Addendum, ICD-9-CM (Revision No. 1)."
Copies of the supplement (MMWR, Vol. 36, No. S-7) may be
purchased
from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing
Office,
Washington, D.C. 20402, telephone (202) 783-3238, or from MMS
Publications, C.S.P.O. Box 9120, Waltham, Massachusetts 02254,
telephone (617) 893-3800.
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